Scores of people living in Radford have signed a second petition asking the council to help stop speeding cars on their street.

The protest about speeding in Cheveral Avenue, Coventry, has been signed by 170 people and organised by 37-year-old Peter Simpson, a case worker for the Law Society and Liberal Democrat representative in the area.

Mr Simpson, of Conrad Road, said the petition called on the council to put a zebra crossing and traffic lights along the road, which leads to the busy Jubilee Crescent shopping centre.

He added: "Hopefully these measures would break up the flow of traffic along the road, making it difficult for drivers to gain the kind of speed they are reaching at the moment."

The petition will be handed to Cllr John McNicholas, cabinet member for transport and regional planning.

Council officers will inspect the road and it is likely to be discussed at a transport and regional planning committee meeting at the beginning of September.

The first petition, with just under 100 signatures, was organised by the area's three Labour ward councillors.